Dirt Life
For a guy that eats, sleeps and breathes elk hunting I sure struggled this year. Do you remember the saying “God made Dirt, so Dirt can’t hurt”? After sleeping on the ground for days on end, I can assure you … Read More
2020 Elk Scouting
The boys and I were able to sneak away and do a bit of scouting last week. It was good to get back into the high country and start getting my head back into the game. Since it always takes … Read More
The Avalanche Bull: 2019 Colorado Muzzleloader Elk Season – By Mike Lavelle
I’m very excited to announce a new contributing author to the Thin Air Outdoors website, Michael Lavelle. Mike hails from a small rural town in eastern Nebraska. He spent his childhood enjoying the outdoors, specifically chasing ducks and quail around … Read More
Mountain Mule
As I rounded the corner coming into camp, I could see headlights bopping around our primitive camp table. At first, I panicked because I thought they might have been up waiting for me but turns out the fellas were up … Read More
Don’t Quit
If there was one resounding theme from our hunt this year it was – Don’t Quit. I keep a journal from each year at elk camp and looking back I’ll see notes like “if I would have hiked back to … Read More